Way to connect to VPS w/Win Vista Home Basic, other than VNC or TeamViewer?

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Published on 2010-02-01T16:18:38Z Indexed on 2010/05/12 19:04 UTC
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I need to connect to a VPS and I'm running Vista Home Basic. TightVNC and TeamViewer both require access to the VPS first, because they require that the server be set up with TightVNC or TeamViewer.

Is there anything similar to Remote Desktop that will allow me to use the IP address and administrator password to the VPS to simply connect, rather than having to have the hosting company set up VNC or TeamViewer on the server first?

Any help would be appreciated!!! Thank you!

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